I Could Sew Love This

I have to admit I have a thing against television stations that only sell things -- hear oohs & ahhs, hands waving around products, bad sweaters with big cob of corn appliqués...you're with me, right? While I will admit I can occasionally get sucked into an infomercial, I have NEVER bought anything I saw on an infomercial, not late at night, not in the middle of the day, not on a bad hair day, or a bad life day or a bad body image day.

But I may have met my match here. I don't know how I ever ended up seeing this sewing machine on QVC (all those channels are blocked out of my channel line-up). But I was immediately sucked in and wanted this sewing machine.

It can sew through EIGHT layers of denim, leather and much, much more. Oh, if only these had existed at this price a few years ago when I started designing handbags. I can only imagine how many hours I would've saved breaking needles, garbling up fabric under the presser foot and slowly cranking the wheel by hand to go through super thick fabrics. A few weeks ago I was reminded of this little betty by Jenny Komenda in a post at Little Green Notebook.

I'm adding this to my vision board, my birthday list, Christmas list...any list that might bring this baby on home to mama. Then I'm going to see how many layers of fabric I can jam under that presser foot just because I can.

image from Amazon

Fourth Grade & The Biography Shelf

When I was in fourth grade I somehow found the biography shelf in the school library. At first I picked out a few titles about people that were familiar to me and interested me. Then I decided to just make my way across the shelf. During the course of the year I read biographies on many American presidents, great inventors, humanitarians and adventurers. I particularly remember reading about George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Dolly Madison and President Lincoln and his wives. I read every one of the biographies. I still remember exactly where that shelf was in the library and how it looked.

I recently began picking up biographies at the local thrift store. I found one I was interested in that was brand new and just $4.99. I have been reading the biographies of former first ladies recently. It is so interesting to know all the great contributions they made, mostly behind the scenes to the people of our country. It is a tragedy that more of what they do is not publicized, rather than what they wear. What a more inspired country we would have!

It has been sweet to rediscover this passion of mine and remember so fondly my fourth grade reading list. Do you have a forgotten passion? Enjoy biographies? Have you read any biographies you particularly enjoyed? I'd love to hear!

Have a fantastic Friday. Can't believe it's the weekend again already!